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[Robert Collins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: web site


>
> "Install all Cygwin packages and set your Default Text File Type to
'Unix'
> when prompted; only deviate from these instructions if you are an
expert."
>
> This should not be 'Install all Cygwin packages"  For Cygwin/XFree86 a
user
> who do not want to develop software, use ssh etc need to install only
> cygwin.  Minimum requirement is cygwin1.dll and mount points.  Someone
> yesterday asked for minimum requirement for the user who do not want
to
> install gcc, binutils, ssh, and cvs etc.

They will also need ash & bash for the xterm; fileutils, and several
more. This discussion was had several times on the main cygwin list.

If a user _just wants_ the X server, no local X clients, thats another
matter - but until the cygwin setup supports package dependencies it is
much safer to just install all.

And if a user is expert, and willing to do mount points by hand etc,
then they don't install everything - but it becomes their choice so we
aren't supporting unknown or weird configurations.

just my 0.02c
Rob

> Sorry, I did not catch it in draft.
>
> Suhaib
>
>